by Wendi Montgomery Dial, Deputy Director of Restore Liberty Oklahoma
This is Federalist Paper 11, written by Alexander Hamilton. In this missive, Hamilton discusses the importance of a strong navy in order to counteract European, and especially Great Britain’s, influence in the affairs of the newly formed United States and our commerce. He argues that a strong navy would allow the United States to set the terms by which the relationships will be conducted, and that smaller navies through confederacies and individual states would leave the American people at the mercy of people who look down upon them.
The goal is to have the series finished by the beginning of the fall. Please share the links to these with friends, neighbors, homeschool groups, etc. This audio series is conducted in the public interest and meant to educate Americans, and others around the world on the founding of this incredible country. While many teachers will focus on just a few Federalist Papers, I intend to read the entire argument for the Constitution and what many of the founders believed was the necessity for the document to be written the way it was written.
These will be published in chronological order.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional reader and these recordings may have a few minor errors in pronunciation or in the actual reading from the papers. They are unintentional.
I am reading this series from my personal copy of The Federalist Papers, published by Mentor Books, and edited by Clinton Rossiter, 1961. The papers themselves are public domain, and not copyrighted, and that is the only information I am recording from the book. It is my source and I would recommend purchasing this book if you need a copy of the federalist papers for reference.
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